Mouse stronger than wall, wind, mountain — Mythoi

Motif

Mouse stronger than wall, wind, mountain.

Reversal of fortune. · Triumph of the weak. · Triumph of the weak – miscellaneous. · view the constellation · filed as L392

Filed across the traditions

Jewish Neuman
India Thompson-Balys
Japanese Ikeda.
general *DeCock Volkssage 31ff.
general BP I 148 n. 2
general Wesselski Mönchslatein 82 No. 75
general Chauvin II 97 No. 55
general Archiv f. d. Studium d. neueren Sprachen LXXXI 265
general Germania II 481
general Basset RTP VII 394ff.
general Basset Contes Berbères 95f
general *Bødker Exempler 297 No. 60. Spanish: Keller, Espinosa III Nos. 275–277

Within the index

Filed under Triumph of the weak – miscellaneous.

1 finer motif beneath it

Mosquitoes sting King Pharaoh and show they are stronger than the man who cannot escape them

Filed beside it

Needle kills an elk. Slips into his stomach Only love to offer. Bride asks suitors what they have to offer her. Poor youth who has nothing but love to offer gets her Slow flying swan lasts longer than speedy crow in flying Frog, tortoise, fish each tell of how long they expect to live. Frog alone does not expect to live to a hundred and ten years and alone escapes fisherman's net

Carried in tale types

Stronger and Strongest · ATU 2031 1 recorded variant
The Mightiest Being as Husband for the Daughter (previously The Man Seeks the Greatest Being as a Husband for his Daughter) · ATU 2031C 1 recorded variant

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